Window-cleaner.



I; L. GLIFT.

WINDOW CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1906.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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WITNESSES I'. L. GLIFT. WINDOW CLEANER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a, 1906.

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WINDOW-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed July 28, 1906. i Serial No. 328,177.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, IRENE L. Cmrr, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in lVindow-Cleaners, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to cleaning apparatus and more particularly to thatused for cleaning flat surfaces such as window panes and the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, economical and durabledevice on which may be wound or otherwise secured a cloth or othercleansing material, the said device being of such a size and shape thatit can be readily operated on the outside of or between the windowsashes by a person on the inside, thus avoiding the necessity ofremoving the sashes whenever it is desired to clean the windows.

For the full, clear and complete disclosure of my invention, referencemay be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, inwhich like reference characters refer to corresponding parts.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my invention, a partthereof'being shown in section and the cord wrappings' being partlyremoved. Fig. 2 is a side View of so much of my device as is constructedfrom wire. Fig. 3 is a front view, showing the cloth wrapped around thehead of the cleaner, a part of the handle portion beingv broken away.Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line a203 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a horizontal section taken on the line g g of Fig. 3. Figs. 6 and 7are front and side views of another form of my invention, the cord,wrappings being removed. Fig. 8 is a front view thereof, showing amanner of winding the cloth to the head. Fig. 9 is a fragmentaryvertical section taken through the middle of the head, showing the clothwrappings wound for use. Figs. 10 and 11 are front and longitudinalsectional views of another form of my device and showing the cordwrappings removed. Fig. 12 is a rear view of my device showing the rearportion of the head covering removed. Fig. 13 is a transverse sectiontaken on line'2z of Fig. 19., showing a cloth attached to the head.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, 1 represents the handle of mydevice from the end of which diverges a plurality of members 2, the saidmembers terminating in a head3 upon which is wound in a peculiar mannerhereinafter to be described, the cloth 4. Thehandle, diverging membersand head are all made up of three single pieces of wire, the coil 5representing one extremity of one wire converging at 6, extendingdownwardly in a straight portion 7 ,bent upon itself at 8, extendingupwardly at 9 and diverging again at 10, projecting into the'loop 1112and 13, turned inwardly to form the hook 14 and back upon itself aroundthe loop, forming another loop 1516 and 17, and likewise theintermediate loops 181920- 2l-22-232425 and 26, the said intermediateloopsterminating in the outer loop 272829 turned inwardly to form thehook 30 and bent back upon itself to form the inside loop 3l-32.33,extending downwardly and inwardly at 34 and downwardly again at 35,bentupon itself at 36, extending upwardly at 37 diverging at 38, andterminating in the coil 39, the said coils 5 and 39 respectively beingattached or wound around the intermediate loops -18 and 26. Between theinner and upwardly extending, portions of the wires 7 and 37 extendsdownwardly the straight wire 41, terminating at 42, between the bends 36and8 of the two adjacent wires. The part under 40 is coiled around thebend 22 of one of the intermediate loops. The portions 353741- 7 and 9of the wires are all arranged one opposite the other and close togetherand are incased by a flat metal sleeve 43, at the bottom of which and onthe extremities of the wires is fastened the ferrule 44, all of the saidparts are then tightly wound with cord, as shown in Fig. 3, and aroundthe loops on the head is wrapped the cloth 4 by placing one end thereofin front of the loop portions 27 and 33, threading it rearwardly throughthe left end outer loop and around the end of the same as indicated at46, along the front portion at 47, around the end of the right hand loopat 48, threaded, forwardly through the side loop at 49, along the frontportion at 50, and rearwardly again through the left hand loop at 51,around theouter portion of the same at 52, along the front at 53, aroundthe left hand loop at 54 and 55, forwardly through the same at 56 andbetween the portions-l117 of the wire and the front portion 53 of thecloth, terminating in the end '58.

Referring to Figs. 6- to 9 inclusive, in which another form of my deviceis illusbers diverging therefrom and 63 is the head around which iswrapped the cloth 64, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9. 65 isan enlarged portion at the base of the handle. The diverging membersconsist of the two members 66 and 67 and the curved members 68 and 69,which are continued at their upper portions into a curved member 70, thethree members 68, 69 and 70 forming substantially a complete circle,which is intersected by the members 66 and 67. From these intersectionsdiverge the members 71 and 72, which are connected at their top portionsby the members 73- and bridged below the member 73 by the member 74. Thearticle thus far described is made out of cast metal, or any othersuitable material, and is curved in the direction of its length, asillustrated in Fig. 7. The entire frame, with the exception of theenlarged portion 65, is wound with cord or twine, as illustrated inFig.- 8, and around the head is wound the cloth 64; in the followingmanner :-The one extremity 76 is wound around the member 69, as shown at77, and is carried upwardly and wrapped tightly the entire length of themember 73, as shown at 7 8. The cloth is then carried in successivecoils as shown at 79, around the wrapped member 7 3 and around themember 74, after which it is car-' ried down to the curved member 68, asshown at 80, and wound around the same as shown at 81, the extremity82flapping loose therefrom. In Fig. 8 the cloth is shown partly brokenaway and loosened in places,

to illustrate the manner of the winding. In Fig. 9, however, isillustrated a section of the frame wrapped with cord, the said sectionbeing taken through the middle portion thereof longitudinally of thehead and handle portion, the cloth, however, being shown in elevation inits position as finally wrapped. The extremities 76 and 82 of the clothmay be tied or simply wedged in between the diverging members to securethe same to the frame. In this modification, as well as in the formillustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, for the cloth I may substituteany other well-known form of cleansing fabric or' other material whichmay be adapted to be fastened to the head.

Referring to Figs. 10 to 13 inclusive, 101 indicates the handle portionof another form of my device, 102 the diverging members and 103 the headthereof, to one side of which is secured the cloth 104. The divergingmembers are made up of the parts 105 and 106, between which extends themember 107 and to the extremities of all three members is fastened thebody portion of the head 108. Passing through the body portion are thethree wires 110, each having pointed extremities 111 bent aroundparallel substantially with the front surface of the body portion.WVrapped around the rear side of the body portion over the wires 110 isa strip of canvas, duck or like fabric 109, the extremities of which areturned around the front portion having the pointed wires 111 extendingtherethrough and securing the ends thereof to the body portion. Thecloth 104 or any other suitable cleansing material is fastened over thepointed wires 111 and may be wedged between the same and the bodyportion.

In all of the above described constructions the handle portions areresilient and being curved as described enable the head portions to berubbed against the outside of or inserted between the window sashes, thesaid head being thin and elongated for this purpose. The front of thehead to which is secured the cleansing cloth or material, can, by thenatural movement of the arm, assisted by the curvature and resiliency ofthe handle, be pressed against the window glass and operated in theusual manner of cleansing windows. In the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to5 inclusive, the hooks 14 and 30 prevent the cloth windings fromdropping down o'fl the head should they become loose during theoperation of the device. The cord wrappings are for the purpose ofpreventing the painted or other parts of the window from beingscratched. Although I have shown the cloth wound around the heads inseveral peculiar manners, yet by virtue of the construction of the head,the cloth may be secured thereto in any other manner which seems mostdesirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters- Patent of the United States, is,-

1. A window cleaner, comprising a curved handle having a plurality ofmembers extending therefrom, a thin elongated head having substantiallysquare corners, and wires having pointed extremities piercing said head,the said extremities being bent substantially parallel with the frontside of said head.

2. A window cleaner comprising a resilient curved handle, asubstantially fiat head secured thereto, wires having pointed endspiercing said head and terminating on the front side thereof to holdcleansing material, and a strip of fabric covering the back and ends ofsaid head and secured in place by said pointed ends, the ends of thehandle being substantially in the plane of the said head.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of July, A.D. 1906.

IRENE L. CLIFT. VVit-nesses ALEXANDER PARK, A'Ls'roN B. MOULTON.

